Deloitte faces record £15m fine over audit of software group Autonomy

Deloitte faces record £15m fine over ‘reckless’ audit of UK software group Autonomy before it was sold for £9bn By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 9 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 July 2020 Deloitte is facing a record £15million fine over its ‘reckless’ audits of a British software group … Read more

Reprieve for fund star Richard Buxton as Boohoo bounces back

Reprieve for fund star Richard Buxton as Boohoo bounces back from scandal following three-day rout By Lucy White and Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 9 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 9 July 2020 Glitzy: Supermodel Jasmine Tookes in a Boohoo dress  Shares in Boohoo bounced back following a three-day rout … Read more

Downfall of a big-spending tycoon: Pramod Mittal faces bankruptcy

The bride was resplendent in her traditional red and gold wedding sari, ablaze with countless diamonds in her headpiece, earrings and nose ring. The groom cut no less magnificent a figure, arriving astride a white horse, wearing a lavishly embroidered jacket with a white plume bobbing from his red turban. Father of the bride, Pramod … Read more

Big names back Chancellor’s £2 billion Kickstart scheme 

Big names back Chancellor’s £2 billion Kickstart scheme to prevent a youth unemployment crisis By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 8 July 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to hit the phones to drum up support among businesses for his new Kickstart scheme. The … Read more

Government unveils new scheme designed to get young job hunters back into work

Graduates and jobseekers have welcomed the Government’s £2billion ‘Kickstart’ scheme to create more jobs for young people. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the fund will subsidise six-month work placements for people on Universal Credit aged between 16 and 24, who are deemed to be at risk of long-term unemployment.  The Kickstart programme was revealed in today’s … Read more

COVID MINI-BUDGET IN BRIEF: Key points of the summer statement at a glance

COVID MINI-BUDGET IN BRIEF: Key points of the Chancellor’s summer statement at a glance By Alex Sebastian For This Is Money Published: 12:50 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 13:07 BST, 8 July 2020 Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak answering a question in the House of Commons Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is … Read more

Spending data suggests trips to the pub still lagged pre-lockdown averages

Consumers in England put their hands in their pockets over the weekend as spending on pubs and hairdressers came roaring back on Super Saturday – but spending is nowhere near normal levels. Despite scenes of packed crowds outside bars, clubs and pubs in Soho in London, data from banks and payment processors reveals spending in … Read more

Covid mini-budget live: Latest analysis and reaction

COVID MINI-BUDGET LIVE: Latest analysis, reaction and verdicts on the Chancellor’s emergency measures – and what it means for you Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivering a speech at 12.30pm  Will there be a green home scheme, stamp duty and/or VAT cut?  Follow the latest build-up, the speech itself and aftermath with our live blog By Lee … Read more